HEINLEIN, Robert A. (1907-1988). Starship Troopers. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1959.
Sale 855 - Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection
Mar 19, 2021
10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
Estimate
$1,500 -
$2,500
Sold for $2,500
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
HEINLEIN, Robert A. (1907-1988). Starship Troopers. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1959.
8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in silver (spine slightly leaned); original pictorial dust jacket (some minor chipping to top edge and at foot of spine with occasional tiny losses, some minor soiling to rear panel, remnants from old tape repairs to spine ends verso).
FIRST EDITION, with ("anywhen" for "anywhere" on p.[7]). IN THE FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET priced "ST | USD $3.95" at top right corner and "YA" at bottom right corner inside flap, and with no mention of the Hugo Award on the rear jacket panel. Heinlein's work, which won the 1960 Hugo Award for Best Novel, was first published serially in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Currey p.234.
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